Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
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@szczurtorebkowy Yeah, I'm right on the cusp too, born in 1981.
@thordis my brother was born in 1980, Gen X. I was born in 1981, Millennial.
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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@thordis Please define what each category means. I have no idea where I'm supposed to fit.
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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@thordis
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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"WOLVERINES!"
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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@thordis Gen X and proud/in pain.
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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@thordis for those that don't know what the generation cut dates are I found this:
Generation Birth Year
Generation Alpha 2013–2025
Generation Z 1997–2012
Millennials (Gen Y) 1981–1996
Generation X 1965–1980
Baby Boomers 1946–1964
Silent Generation 1928–1945
Greatest Generation 1901–1927However pooling Boomers and Alphas as in the questionnaire doesn't make much sense though.
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@david_kehm @thordis I still don’t understand why. I know we are numerically a smaller group but not by so much that we should be forgotten.
@PermaSolarPotter @david_kehm @thordis
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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@thordis Boomer. Identifies as antedeluvian...
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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@thordis I think 'Xennial' is the more official term now, but I always think of myself as the "Star Wars Generation" from the following article:
https://joelhousman.com/blog/2016/5/23/the-star-wars-generation
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
@thordis i misclicked 🥺 im Gen Z but accidentally picked Gen X
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@thordis GenX gets on my nervesssss! Everybody is blaming boomers for everything, but it’s GenX that are the real menaces (I can’t prove it yet)
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@thordis i land in that weird trough in between gen x and millenial so im in a different category depending on whos asking. whats your cutoff year for millenials?
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@david_kehm @thordis I still don’t understand why. I know we are numerically a smaller group but not by so much that we should be forgotten.
@PermaSolarPotter @david_kehm @thordis I and the people I know don't accept gen X as an identity. There was a rationale for commenting on the baby boomer generation as a distinct thing, but gen X and later are arbitrary, and regardless using it as an identity instead of discussion of the environment the group experienced is nonsense.
The manufactured history of labeling generations seems to be taking hold now and people are identifying themselves and others with their generation. -
As a millennial I always got the impression that the Boomer generation (and I only speak generally, obviously) was planning on dragging every single thing they can into the grave when they finally go. The economy, the environment, our democracies etc.
Deprivation and salted earth is the punishment for my generation not being right-wing enough or buying into the neoliberal "grand plan".
@contrasocial @ReggieHere @hajni @thordis I wonder if Gen X is ignored because, coming after boomers, thy didn’t get the benefits and don’t get the blame, but being immediately after they had it good enough that they don’t complain about everything getting dragged away by the boomers, but millennials got so much less they could see sooner how bad it was headed for
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@urbanfoxe
Man I felt that for real for real.
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@thordis for those that don't know what the generation cut dates are I found this:
Generation Birth Year
Generation Alpha 2013–2025
Generation Z 1997–2012
Millennials (Gen Y) 1981–1996
Generation X 1965–1980
Baby Boomers 1946–1964
Silent Generation 1928–1945
Greatest Generation 1901–1927However pooling Boomers and Alphas as in the questionnaire doesn't make much sense though.
@marjolica @thordis there's no one definitive definition. I've also seen
1946-1964 - baby boomers
1965-1984 - gen x
1985-2005 - millennialsEtc... as that way each generation is exactly 20 years.
The origin stories podcast had an episode last week called "boomers" which talks about the various ways the generations can be defined.
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@thordis Xennial here - on the cusp of millenials and gen X
@szczurtorebkowy Xennial too
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
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@thordis too old to be gen z, too young to be millenial
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Are we all millenials here or is that a misperception?
Could people boozt this? I am so curious.
Are you a:
Based on the personality descriptions I read in Newsweek* a few decades back, my older siblings are clearly Boomers, while I am a leading edge X'er.
* Or a similar magazine.
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@thordis none of us are marketing shorthand labels here, no.
